It must be hard being Solange Knowles, the little sister of the pneumatic-buttocked Beyonce, and not just because of that name. Solange is a singer (of sorts) but so far her career has been somewhat in the shade because of her elder sister's fame.

Desperate times require desperate measures so the night after attending a New York Fashion Show event (where Solange's left breast managed to pop free from her dress just as she posed for the ranks of paparazzi) she was hospitalised after collapsing on a flight after taking Nyquil flu pills. Luckily she's on Twitter so she was able to tweet her way through the emergency. Despite passing out several times on the flight, every time she awoke she was able to describe her condition via a mobile phone hook-up.

 

Now that's dedication to a Twitter page. Or desperation for attention. Here's how the drama played out in real time, though '24' it ain't.

 

think im certified loosing it on nyquil. going to sleep before i start freestyling on the plane.
about 11 hours ago from web

 

omg i didnt know nyquil could do this to you.i took the pills tho.cant stomach cough syrup.trying to be proactive on this flight.
about 11 hours ago from web in reply to Krucial

 

Never taking nyquil again. I feel so wierd.
about 7 hours ago from mobile web

 

Woaah...... How'd I end up in the hosptal?
about 4 hours ago from mobile web

 

Woke up to 8 random people over me, laid out on the floor in baggage claim!
about 4 hours ago from mobile web

 

Guess I passed out! Scary. Hooked up to IV now . Apparantly I'm super dehydrated.
about 4 hours ago from mobile web

 

My mom is here! I'm ready to go! I'm fine now. Just let me go home and drink Gatorade!
about 4 hours ago from mobile web

 

I've never passed out before. Shit was like the movies. People standing over me saying "hello". I've been embarrased enough today.
about 3 hours ago from mobile web

 

I'm out! Yay!…they let me go. Rest. Water. Rest. Water.
about 3 hours ago from mobile web

 

Wow! What sort of person wakes up in a hospital attached to a drip and thinks 'Fuck me! Must put this on Twitter straight away'? This should raise her profile (and everyone else's blood pressure). Next on '24 (brain cells): Tragedy strikes when Solange washes down five paracetemol with Diet Coke and posts fifteen consecutive pages on Twitter before she realises the battery on her Nokia is failing.

 

 Nip slip below...